Martial arts long journey

Chapter 56
The time was in the midst of Zhou Yan's practice, and it came to midnight little by little.

Just as Zhou Yan was slowly collecting his energy and preparing for some activities, a burst of footsteps disturbed the quiet night.

Hearing the movement, Zhou Yan got up and pushed open the door, just in time to see Xu Xiong escorting five prisoners in handcuffs to the courtyard.

"My lord, everyone has brought them!"

As soon as he saw Zhou Yan's figure, Xu Xiong hurried forward and handed over the report.

"Take it to the house!"

After Zhou Yan nodded, he said with a light smile.

Then, he turned around and returned to the house.

And Xu Xiong escorted the five prisoners, and quickly followed behind Zhou Yan.

"Young master, just buy these five people, all of them are death row prisoners!"

After all the prisoners entered the room, Xu Xiong, who covered the door, ran to Zhou Yan's side quickly, and whispered in his ear.

"Head up!"

Gently nodding his head, Zhou Yan turned around slowly, and said to the five prisoners in an indifferent voice.

These five prisoners were escorted here by Xu Xiong from the prison in a daze, and they already felt very upset in their hearts.

Now that he heard Zhou Yan's voice again, he didn't dare to delay, and quickly raised his head according to Zhou Yan's instructions.

But Xu Xiong picked up the candle not far away with great insight, and walked to the side of the five prisoners, illuminating their figures and faces.

Seeing such a scene, the corners of Zhou Yan's mouth couldn't help but curl up with satisfaction.

Then, with the help of the light from the candle, he carefully began to look at the five prisoners.

Xu Xiong lived up to Zhou Yan's high expectations. The height and build of the five prisoners were very similar to Zhou Yan's, but their faces were still slightly different.

However, after Xu Xiong's careful selection, the faces of these five prisoners and Zhou Yan all had certain similarities.

Since the figures of these five prisoners were all very similar, Zhou Yan focused on observing the shape of their heads, facial features, distance between eyebrows and so on.

But seeing Zhou Yan walking slowly in front of the five prisoners, he stretched out his hand to turn their faces over to look at them, and carefully identified them one by one.

Although the five prisoners didn't know what the rich man in front of him was going to do, they didn't dare to make any resistance. They all stood there obediently, allowing Zhou Yan to manipulate them around like picking animals, and they didn't dare to make any resistance. speech.

After a while, Zhou Yan checked the faces of all the five prisoners, then turned and walked in front of one of the prisoners.

Seeing Zhou Yan walking in front of him, his piercing eyes swept over his face, and the prisoner's face immediately showed a look of panic and anxiety, which made his lips tremble in fright, but he dared not Make a little noise.

"Temporarily lock the others in the side room!"

After carefully sizing up the prisoner in front of him again, Zhou Yan turned around and gave instructions to Xu Xiong beside him.

Then, Zhou Yan took off the cloak he was wearing casually, threw it into Xu Xiong's arms, and continued to order: "Pick him up according to my appearance, and then bring him to see me! "

"I see, son!"

Xu Xiongweng replied angrily, and then he escorted the five prisoners out.

After about half an hour, Xu Xiong brought the clean prisoner back to Zhou Yan.

At this moment, the prisoner seemed to have been reborn, and his whole body was completely new.

With black hair all over his shoulders, a delicate face, and a dark black cloak on his body, he looks like a handsome young man.

Looking at the young prisoner in front of him, Zhou Yan couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction.

He didn't expect that his luck would be so good that he would find a substitute who could be completely fake.

The young prisoner in front of him is ninety percent similar to Zhou Yan in terms of appearance and body shape.

It can be said that apart from Zhou Yan's noble aura from a big family, and the sinister aura that flashed from time to time after his hands were stained with blood, there was almost no difference between the two.

"What's your name? How old are you?"

Zhou Yan said in an indifferent voice.

"Hui... Hui son, the villain's surname is Zhao, and his first name is... a scholar."

Hearing Zhou Yan's question, Zhao Xiucai replied tremblingly.

"Why did you become a death row prisoner?"

Zhou Yan continued to ask: "If you have even the slightest lie, you don't have to wait until you are asked to beheaded. I will kill you right now!"

"Don't dare, dare not, how dare the villain deceive the young master!"

Zhao Xiucai fell to his knees with a plop, and kowtowed repeatedly.

Zhao Xiucai knew that the rich young man in front of him could extract him from the death row, so he could also find out his situation, so how dare he hide anything, even if he stumbled and revealed his situation.

It turned out that Zhao Xiucai was a native of Yanzhou Prefecture. His father died of illness in his early years, and his mother was old and weak and made a living selling tofu.

As for Zhao Xiucai's name, his father hoped that he could become a scholar, so he gave him the name of a scholar.

It's a pity that Zhao Xiucai studied hard for more than ten years, but in the end he failed repeatedly, and finally he could only make a living selling tofu with his old mother.

Zhao Xiucai, who is honest and dull by nature, has always been the target of bullying by rogues near his home.

However, honest people also have anger, and they will fight with their lives when they are pushed.

After being bullied by the rogues again, Zhao Xiucai, who couldn't bear it any longer, picked up a wooden stick and smashed one of the rogues to death on the spot.

Youdao is killing people to pay for their lives and debts to pay back money. This Zhao Xiucai did not have any strength to exonerate himself. In the end, he was arrested by the government and put into a prison, becoming a prisoner on death row.

"Do you know why I am looking for you?"

After listening to Zhao Xiucai's statement, Zhou Yan asked indifferently.

"Master, the villain doesn't know."

Zhao Xiucai hurriedly replied.

"Have you noticed that you and this young master are almost similar in appearance?"

Zhou Yan asked again.

"The... little man found out, but... it's just that the little man didn't dare to say it."

Zhao Xiucai, with a terrified expression, lowered his head and timidly replied.

Although Zhao Xiucai was dull and honest by nature, he was not blind. As early as the first time he saw Zhou Yan, he found that the rich man in front of him was very similar to him in appearance, but his temperament was completely different.

"Since you have a murder case, you must die, but this son can make your death worthwhile.

As long as you do one thing for me, after you die, I will send someone to deliver the 500 taels of silver to your home.

Whether it is worthless to pay for that rascal's life, or to win the rest of your life's wealth for your old mother, you choose yourself! "

Zhou Yan also stopped talking nonsense with Zhao Xiucai, and saw him take out a bank note worth a thousand taels from his pocket, and said indifferently.

(End of this chapter)